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I ran this as a year-long campaign from levels 1 to 20: Monster Town It's not quite what you are going for. This game was less about being a proper monstrous monster and was more of a satirical commentary on society, like how we're all monsters just playing at being civilized, deep stuff like...

Elsa: Elemental sorcerer that isn't a re-fluffed draconic. C'mon, we want to get more girls into D&D, right? Actually I think there's still a ton of untapped potential in both Sorcerer and Warlock. Jedi: Yeah. I went there. I don't know what this would be a subclass of; I'm thinking once the...

They are not slimy, but are rather soft and squishy. They have kind of a weird, almost chemically smell, like moldy leaves mixed with windex; but it's not a very strong smell. Like, you have to be standing right next to one, or have its tentacles wrapped around your head, to notice it. They are...

Mr. Greenwood, when you die, can we cryogenically preserve your brain for the possible benefit of future generations?

For some races, the stat bonuses are sub-optimal. For example, elves get proficiency in longsword, but they don't get a Strength bonus. Letting them switch the bonus around would make a high elf wizard with a sword a bit more powerful. It's also a slight nerf to half-elves (who need the nerf)...

Blue dragon: because their cunning and magical nature makes them more interesting opponents than most dragons. They are my favorite chromatics. Ogre mage: because they have a wide variety of powers, including shapeshifting. They're really more like ogre-mage-doppelganger-masterminds. Owlbear...

As usual, it's James Introcaso. Dude is EVERYWHERE. https://worldbuilderblog.me/2015/08/06/100-common-magic-weapon-properties-in-a-pdf/ https://worldbuilderblog.me/2015/08/13/100-common-wondrous-items-in-a-pdf/

As a variation, roll d6 to assign each score. If you land on an ability that already has a score, you get to pick where to slot the new score. That gives the players SOME influence over their scores, but also includes some randomness, and also produces (mostly) balanced characters.

OH I FORGOT AN IMPORTANT PART: When the instigator gets advantage on their initiative check, they can't change their action when their turn comes up; they MUST take the action that initiated the combat. That may seem obvious, but it's another subtle reason why the system favors the instigator...

I struggle with this a lot, but I've developed a process that mostly works for me. It's called "advantage/disadvantage to initiative." Let me see if I can summarize: 1. Roll for initiative, and the person initiating the action (the instigator) gets advantage. Here, your initiative represents...

OK, here's my dream list for 5.5. (Actually I'd rather call it 5.1 because that's how version numbers work; .5 isn't supposed to represent a decimal half-way to the next full version.) 1. Largely backwards-compatible with 5e. 2. Balance/playability/clarity tweaks to certain feats, spells...

I'd let a blind character have blindsight 30 ft. So within 30 ft., they're seeing invisible dudes, ignoring purely visual illusions, and spotting characters that are only hidden by darkness, fog, etc. (I'd rule that blindsight still respects solid cover). But beyond 30 ft., they're blind, so...

I have allowed this in the past. The kenku wizard was shedding feathers all over the battle. Then, when he was polymorphed into a large bird, the beholder turned its anti-magic eye towards him, and the wizard changed back into a flightless kenku and fell onto a disintegration field (it's like a...

Wood-and-metal objects come in all different shapes: Why would the Hexblade's magic work on a spear-shaped wood-and-metal object, but not a shield-shaped wood-and-metal object? I know, I know, "It's magic" can be reason enough. But what mysterious force in the cosmos determines what is and...

I like your reasoning, but I think you should scale the HP and damage by the number of crew members. 10-40 is just too big of a spread. Swarms typically do half damage when they are at half hit points, although I think a better idea is to give them multiple attacks. So you could do something...

I still don't know what problem they are trying to solve with all these changes. Why not just have adventures give out XP like normal???

This is my interpretation as well. The text clearly says that the character takes the action, and I don't see anything anywhere that would suggest that this counts against the number of ship actions.

A party of seven 4th-level character should be able to take on a CR6 monster, right? It'll be a little difficult, but if they're fresh and play smart, they can do it, right? Oh, look, the mage stat block in the MM is CR6! That would make a fine boss! ...This is how I got a TPK using a single...

I have a lot of advice for this but I'm gonna start by just leaving this right here:

In ToA I rode a tyrannosaurus rex in a dinosaur race! And I've seen several players ride on dragons... very, very briefly.